NYS Office for the Aging Community Empowerment Toolkit
A logo was developed for the Empowering Communities for Successful Aging Conference, held in Saratoga Springs November 12-13, 2008, and has been used since to identify the ongoing work by community groups throughout the state. It may be useful to use this logo to provide a visual cue about a statewide movement. However, use of this logo in connection with any plans or activities or its appearance on any materials or website does not necessarily indicate approval or endorsement by the NYS Office for the Aging of these activities, plans, materials or website. Please contact communityempowerment@ofa.state.ny.us with any questions.
Flyer – describing community empowerment for livable communities (to be posted shortly)
Powerpoint with talking points
This powerpoint can be printed out and used as a presentation handout, or copied to a disk or memory stick to be projected for presentation purposes. Or you can download the powerpoint to your computer to edit and adapt for your viewing audience. NYSOFA staff can help you adapt the powerpoint for your use (please request assistance at least 2 weeks prior to your presentation date and submit your request to CommunityEmpowerment@ofa.state.ny.us) and, if desired, we can provide demographic information for your community. View the powerpoint in slide show format to see the presentation as your audience would, including “animation.” View the powerpoint in notes format to see the narrative suggested to accompany the slides.
Outreach tools:
Flyer for community meetings (to be posted shortly)
Poster for community meetings (to be posted shortly)
Media tools:
Letter to editor (to be posted shortly)
Op-Ed/Guest Editorial (to be posted shortly)
Press Release
For meeting (to be posted shortly)
For action (to be posted shortly)
Advocacy tools:
Joint letter from NYS Association of Counties and NYS Office for Aging to County Executives - NYSOFA and the NYS Association of Counties (NYSAC) have teamed up to assist county leaders in a planning process for addressing the opportunities and challenges of New York's rapidly growing older population. The attached joint letter was sent out to each of the County Executives, encouraging those counties that have not yet started the process to plan to do so.
Letter to municipal leaders (to be posted shortly)
Talking Points for discussions with municipal leaders or remarks at Zoning Board and other public meetings (to be posted shortly)
